[role="xpack"]
[[autoscaling-put-autoscaling-policy]]
=== Create or update autoscaling policy API
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<titleabbrev>Create or update autoscaling policy</titleabbrev>
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NOTE: {cloud-only}

Creates or updates an autoscaling policy.

[[autoscaling-put-autoscaling-policy-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

[source,console]
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PUT /_autoscaling/policy/<name>
{
  "roles": [],
  "deciders": {
    "fixed": {
    }
  }
}
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// TEST[s/<name>/name/]

//////////////////////////

[source,console]
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DELETE /_autoscaling/policy/name
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// TEST[continued]

//////////////////////////

[[autoscaling-put-autoscaling-policy-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the
`manage_autoscaling` <<privileges-list-cluster,cluster privilege>> to use this
API.

* If the <<operator-privileges,{operator-feature}>> is enabled, only operator
users can use this API.

[[autoscaling-put-autoscaling-policy-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

This API puts an autoscaling policy with the provided name.
See <<autoscaling-deciders,Autoscaling Deciders>> for available deciders.

[[autoscaling-put-autoscaling-policy-examples]]
==== {api-examples-title}

This example puts an autoscaling policy named `my_autoscaling_policy` using the
fixed autoscaling decider, applying to the set of nodes having (only) the
"data_hot" role.

[source,console]
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PUT /_autoscaling/policy/my_autoscaling_policy
{
  "roles" : [ "data_hot" ],
  "deciders": {
    "fixed": {
    }
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST

The API returns the following result:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "acknowledged": true
}
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//////////////////////////

[source,console]
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DELETE /_autoscaling/policy/my_autoscaling_policy
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// TEST[continued]

//////////////////////////
